Secrets of Good Cooking

William Pokhlebkin formulates the purpose of this book as follows: “The goal of this book is first of all to teach you how to cook, how to make food, to teach you not to get lost before any food raw material, before any kitchen hearth and tool, before any cooking conditions—with fire and without it, with water and without water, with butter and without butter, with dishes and with no dishes at all…” The book provides detailed instructions for the very first steps in cooking, working with dough, and covers baking, boiling, stewing, frying, and тушкування. Then, having gone deep enough into the basics of the kitchen, William Pokhlebkin moves on to the art of combining cooking processes. There is a chapter on preparing sweets and pastry art, and recipes for dairy and fermented dairy products at home. Written easily, interestingly, clearly, and very inspiringly.